You hold a MSc degree in biology, biochemistry, or crop science? And you are fascinated by chromosome biology and have a strong interest in molecular biology and microscopy? Then we can offer you a 3-year PhD position!

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If you are passionate about Plant Molecular/Developmental Biology and Genetics and hold an MSc. in plant biology, we can offer you a 4-year PhD position at @leibnizipk.bsky.social, starting earliest by 01.07.2026.

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Research Associate/Research Fellow (Molecular Genetics and Functional Genomics) The School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB) at NTU Singapore, in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research (WUR), is part of Singapore Indoor Farming System (S...

Research Associate/Research Fellow on the discovery of resistance genes with effectoromics, with a focus on genes that lead to resistant plants for indoor farming systems for Brassica. #scijobs @VivianneTwit ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...

Genome–host association mapping reveals wheat pathogen genes involved in host specialization - Nature Plants This study introduces genome–host association (GHA), leveraging natural epidemics to map the genetic landscape of host adaptation in the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Applied to 832 wheat fungal stra...

Thrilled to share our paper now out in Nature Plants 🎉
We developed a genome-host association (GHA) approach to study pathogen adaptation directly from field metadata by using the originating host cultivar as phenotype.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Undaria pinnatifida gametophyte

Our work on chromatin evolution in brown algae is now published in @natecoevo.nature.com! We show that developmentally complex brown algae evolved without epigenetic silencing pathways long thought universal, underscoring why non-model lineages are important to study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Award announcement for Dr. Mauricio P. Contreras from University of Tübingen, Germany, receiving the Early Career Research Award at The Biochemical Society 2027 Awards.

As an emerging leader in plant innate immunity, we're thrilled to present Mauricio Contreras with a 2027 Early Career Research Award! Alongside advocating for Open Science and preprint review, Mauricio's "activation-and-release" and "NLR resurrection" models are already referenced worldwide.

TSL Alumnus wins Biochemical Society Award Mauricio Contreras has been recognised as an exceptional Early Career Researcher by the Biochemical Society. Currently based at the University of Tübingen, Germany, Mauricio previously spent several…

We are happy to celebrate @mpcontreras.bsky.social winning the @biochemsoc.bsky.social 2027 Early Career Research Award!

Mauricio joined TSL as a predoc with @kamounlab.bsky.social, where he did PhD and postdoc before starting his group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social

Congrats Mau!

Congrats Mau!🍾🥳 very well-deserved!

Fellows4FungiMSCA Postdoctoral Network - Leibniz-HKI

📣 Check out this excellent #Postdoc opportunity @leibniz-hki.de which is part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA #COFUND. Consider applying to join my lab if you’re interested in opportunistic infections caused by #Fusarium (research area 5). Call ends 26 May 2026

www.fellows4fungi.eu

Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition) Great science deserves to be read — not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing…

I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)

Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.

medium.com/p/dont-peris...

Interested in B chromosomes in plants/animals or accessory chromosomes in fungi? Don't miss the 6th B Chromosome Conference in Olomouc, Czech Republic! The abstract submission deadline is April 15th. Come and join this great research community!

Details and registration: olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/6bcc

Hiring at IPB Halle! Department Head & Director – Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives.
Exceptional position with outstanding support & research environment.
Apply now by April 24, 2026!-> berufungsportal.uni-halle.de
#NaturalProductChemistry #AcademicJobs #IPB #PlantScience

“wait… it parses the history too??”

yep 😄 OpenCloning now imports SnapGene files with the full cloning workflow, not just the final construct.

🎬 sound on

opencloning.org

We are inviting applications for a joint appointment MLU and IPB: 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 at the IPB and 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 (W3) of Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 via the MLU appointment portal:
berufungsportal.uni-halle.de

Home – genomepanel_nf Nextflow pipeline for reference genome mapping, SNP calling and quality checks on large genome panels

Resequencing hundreds or thousands of individuals from the same species has become routine... but processing all those genomes efficiently? Still a headache!

Here's my solution that used to be lab-internal but that I am happy to share:

crolllab.github.io/genomepanel_...

Thanks Michael! Crossing my fingers that everything goes well for you, too!🤞

Thanks Remco! 😊

Thanks Hassan! Same for you! I hope setting up your new lab in Norwich is going well! I'll try to stop by for BSPP😊

Thanks Hernan! You're always welcome😊

Thank you very much! I hope i can manage to visit you soon!😇

Haha thanks Michael!😅 I hope we'll live up to the expectations!

Thanks Bart! 😊

Thank you very much Suayb! 👏🍾

I just published: #CelebratingAlumni: The Lab Is a Launchpad, Not the Destination

These last weeks brought several alumni into sharp focus, and I couldn't resist writing it down. A celebration. With links.

medium.com/p/celebratin...

Thank you very much for your kind words and your support, Sophien! My journey, and that of many others, wouldn't have been possible without your continuous engagement and the inspiration you offer to ECRs! A truly impressive track record of enabling young scientists to achieve their full potential!👏

We offer state-of-the-art labs and facilities including plant growth and transformation, protein production, microscopy and computing facilities!

We will soon be looking for new team members (2 technicians and 1-2 postdocs in mol. biol. and bioinformatics). Official job adds will follow soon so watch this space! For informal inquiries please get in touch! And please repost and spread the word! 👏

For more information about our research check out our website @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social www.bio.mpg.de/302157/thors... (new website at MLU is under construction and will be updated soon)

We will continue to study how plant pathogenic fungi coevolve with their hosts plants to cause disease and how we can use this knowledge to develop resistant crop plants.

Now that it's official i've got some news! Our group has moved from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social to @unihalle.bsky.social where I am now leading the department for phytopathology and plant protection 🍄🌾🧬